THE BRAVEST THING in a time of lies and cant is still to tell the truth. Read George Bush's statement on the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and then read George Packer in The New Yorker on how "part of our legacy will be thousands of Iraqis who, because they joined the American effort, can no longer live in their own country." Commentators sometimes think it is brave to say something controversial and false, because it represents going out on a limb, or because it may even help counter the propaganda of others. But it is always braver to say something that is true, and that reveals the world as it really is.
--Garance Franke-Ruta
